Henk van der Waal (born 1960) is a Dutch poet.

Early life

Van der Waal studied philosophy at the

University of Amsterdam The University of Amsterdam (abbreviated as UvA, ) is a public university, public research university located in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Established in 1632 by municipal authorities, it is the fourth-oldest academic institution in the Netherlan ...

Career

Van der Waal has worked as a journalist, a translator and as a teacher at the

Gerrit Rietveld Academie The Gerrit Rietveld Academie, also known as Rietveld School of Art & Design and Rietveld Academy, is an art academy in Amsterdam, Netherlands. It was founded in 1924 and offers programs in fine arts and design. History The Instituut voor Kuns ...

. In 1996, he won the

C. Buddingh'-prijs The C. Buddingh'-prijs (Dutch for C. Buddingh' Prize) is an annual literary award for the best debut poetry collection in Dutch. The award is given by Poetry International Web, Poetry International and is named after Dutch poet C. Buddingh'. The ...

for his debut poetry collection ''De windsels van de sfinx'' (1995). His second poetry collection ''Schuldsanering'' (2000) was nominated for the Paul Snoek-poëzieprijs. He was also nominated for the VSB-Poëzieprijs in 2004 for his poetry collection ''De aantochtster'' (2003). In 2012, he won the

Ida Gerhardt Poëzieprijs The Ida Gerhardt Poëzieprijs (Dutch for Ida Gerhardt Poetry Prize) is a Dutch poetry award named after classicist and poet Ida Gerhardt. The award was created by the municipal council of the city of Zutphen and is now awarded by the Stichting ...

for his poetry collection ''Zelf worden''. The collection was also nominated for the VSB-Poëzieprijs. Van der Waal and Erik Lindner wrote the book ''De kunst van het dichten'', a collection of essays and conversations with other poets, including

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and Anne Vegter. Van der Waal also published ''Liefdesgeschiedenissen'' in 1991, a Dutch translation of the work ''Histoires d'amour'' (1983) by Bulgarian-French philosopher

Julia Kristeva Julia Kristeva (; ; born Yuliya Stoyanova Krasteva, ; on 24 June 1941) is a Bulgarian-French philosopher, literary critic, semiotician, psychoanalyst, feminist, and novelist who has lived in France since the mid-1960s. She has taught at Colum ...

. He has also translated works of

Maurice Blanchot Maurice Blanchot ( ; ; 22 September 1907 – 20 February 2003) was a French writer, philosopher and literary theorist. His work, exploring a philosophy of death alongside poetic theories of meaning and sense, bore significant influence on pos ...

Paul Auster Paul Benjamin Auster (February 3, 1947 – April 30, 2024) was an American writer, novelist, memoirist, poet, and filmmaker. His notable works include '' The New York Trilogy'' (1987), '' Moon Palace'' (1989), '' The Music of Chance'' (1990), ' ...

and Hans Faverey.

Awards

* 1996:

, ''De windsels van de sfinx'' * 2012:

, ''Zelf worden''

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Waal, Henk van der 1960 births Living people Dutch male poets Academic staff of Gerrit Rietveld Academie People from Hilversum University of Amsterdam alumni C. Buddingh' Prize winners